DAN DEFRANCESCO joined The Journal News and LoHud.com in May of 2012. He graduated from Arlington High School in 2007 and SUNY Plattsburgh in 2011 with a degree in journalism. He's covered boys basketball, girls lacrosse and soccer for the paper, in addition to college athletics.

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Greeley win a stunner on the road, on Harrison’s senior night, a night in which they had a dance show, a biddy basketball game and awards to cheerleaders and managers. Halftime was 25 minutes. Game delayed 15 minutes to honor all their people. Then, they got to watch the true star, Cameron Ciero, the most underrated player in Section 1, score 35 points. Harrison’s losing will be good for them long term. Good, well coached team but they need to rebound and make sure Coby Lefkowitz steps up.

chsaa and Section 1 Fan,
Kennedy is currently #6 out of 7 teams in the CHSAA A playoffs. I think one Staten Island team joins the A league for the playoffs. That means Kennedy will likely be seeded 7th, maybe 6th, in the playoffs – they’ll see #2 Xavier and #3 Scanlan in the first round of the playoffs, both teams swept Kennedy in the regular season.

I know Kennedy has a very young team. I see they have two freshman on the roster and their best players are a soph and a junior. So it looks like next year Kennedy could be competitive for the A title if Scanlan moves up to the AA. Nazareth graduates a lot and should drop back. Xavier graduates a lot, brings back some young players, but should take a step back. Spellman loses Arena, but brings back Corey Grant and a bunch of other sophs and juniors. McClancy and Ford were very young this this year and should be improved next year. If All Hallows moves back down to the A next year, they’ll be competitive as well. Assuming Scanlan and All Hallows switch, I can see Kennedy competitive with All Hallows, Spellman, Ford, McClancy with Xavier and Nazareth rebuilding with younger teams.